Examples of 'were owed' in a sentence

Meaning of "were owed"

Were owed refers to a situation where someone is entitled to receive payment, compensation, or a favor from another person or entity. It implies that there is a debt or obligation that needs to be fulfilled

How to use "were owed" in a sentence

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Back benefits were owed to hundreds of thousands of recipients.
I thought you said you were owed a bit.
I felt you were owed an apology in person.
This is a bit more than we were owed.
I know you were owed for his life.
You got what you were owed.
We were owed our righteous kill.
I was not aware that you were owed official notification.
Menem let the creditors determine what they were owed.
This audit revealed we were owed a substantial amount of money.
A significant amount of taxes were owed and.
Quitting while debts were owed was punishable with jail time.
My father should have left you what you were owed.
The employees were owed thousands of dollars in back wages.
You both felt you were owed money.

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They were owed a refund.
So we collected some money we were owed and caught a bus.
Some waited two to three months to get wages they were owed.
These policemen were owed an obligation.
You came to me and asked me for what you were owed.
They argued that they were owed tens of billions of dollars.
This was easy to do in a society where most debts were owed to the state.
We were owed money.
More than two million pesos were owed to the troops.
They were not going to leave the building until they were paid what they were owed.
I was not aware that you were owed information about my past.
It will not matter what you own or what you were owed.
The lower number of serviced locations were owed to the drawdown of troops.
They claimed they were owed outstanding salaries but did not have any supporting documents.
I understand if you feel like you were owed something.
Most of the payments due were owed by staff members who had left the Organization.
The figures we were owed.
But the shop workers were owed overtime for December and January wages.
He has also successfully represented many plaintiffs who were owed overtime pay.
You both felt you were owed money from that house.
Taj Mahal contractors were told to take less than they were owed.
Money they were owed.
He had a difference of opinion with his Christian employer about wages that were owed him.
Veterans would be paid what they were owed a pension and healthcare benefits.
Assets were owed to the owner and the owners ' equity was entrusted to the company.
There were complaints from players that they were owed salary payments.
I felt you were owed an explanation, and there it is.
Someone who may feel they were owed something?
The debts were owed by businesses, whether incorporated or unincorporated.
The design and architecture were owed to Patrick Bouchain.
The court would eventually allow them approximately 20 percent of what they were owed.
Participants who were owed money by Xcel.
They were owed wages, but were informed by the liquidator that no funds were available.
It noted that the largest arrears were owed by a single Member State.
They let all their employees go, except one, and paid everyone what they were owed.

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